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Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) offered a full-throated defense of the government's collection of data on billions of American phone calls, saying Wednesday that the National Security Agencys practices have safeguarded the nation without trampling on civil liberties.
What keeps me up at night, candidly, is another attack against the United States. And I see enough of the threat stream to know that is possible, Feinstein said at a Pacific Council on International Policy dinner in Century City.
She pointed to a warning Wednesday about potential bombs hidden in the shoes of passengers on flights bound for the United States.
But the way we prevent another attack and this is tricky is intelligence," she said. "You have to know whats going to happen, because its too late otherwise.
Feinsteins firm support for the NSAs tracking program has divided some of her most ardent backers, and in recent months her popularity in California has plunged to a historic low.
Read More: http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/politicsnow/la-pn-feinstein-nsa-foreign-policy-20140219,0,7661713.story
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(20,018 posts)This is what we get when we show loyalty to a party rather than to principles.
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(1,494 posts)She lost it some time ago. I can honestly say I want her out of office more than most of either party. Being back stabbed by a Repub is kinda expected... with her it's far worse.